Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 8/18/2003
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of August 18, 2003
- Inter- Sudanese negotiations in Kenya suspended indefinitely
The 7th round of peace negotiations between the Sudanese government and the rebels led by John Garang in Kenya will be suspended tomorrow following weeks of negotiations during which the two sides have failed to reach a solution for pending issues according to the Kenyan mediator Lazaraos Simbayo yesterday. Sudan, Politics, 8/23/2003 - Syrian - Sudanese relations are strong
Syria's Ambassador to Sudan Wajih Asaad has asserted that the Syrian- Sudanese relations are strong particularly concerning coordination towards the issues of the region and the challenges facing the Arab and the Islamic nations. Sudan-Syria, Politics, 8/23/2003 - Sudanese rebels demand oil revenues sharing; Bashir confident of success
Officials in Kenya which hosts talks aiming at ending 20 years of civil war in Sudan said that the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir expressed his confidence in the success of these talks and the establishment of peace in the country. Sudan, Politics, 8/22/2003 - Khartoum: Washington is the reason behind the stumbled negotiations
The Sudanese foreign minister Mustafa Othman Ismael said yesterday that the failure of negotiations between the government and the southern rebels led by John Garang is Washington's inability "to withstand pressure groups formed by the former US administration on which the (rebels) movement is based," adding that the policies of the previous administration presided over by Bill Clinton "included economic sanctions and placed Sudan on the terrorism sponsor list." Sudan, Politics, 8/21/2003 - Al-Sahafa: Southern rebels want veto right; Sudanese negotiations suspended indefinitely
John Garang said "we want a capital for all in which all enjoy all rights and duties." Sudan, Politics, 8/20/2003 - Turabi's lawyers call for his release
Lawyers of the Islamic Sudanese opposition member Hassan al-Turabi yesterday called on the minister of Justice Ali Othman Ismael to release their client, but the latter replied that the decision is to be taken only by the President of the republic Omar Hassan al-Bashir. Sudan, Politics, 8/19/2003 - Egypt, Kenya hold Garang responsible for the stumbled talks in Sudan
The Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Maher has stressed that what is needed now is to influence the leader of the rebels in south Sudan, John Garang, to give up his "stubborn position" in this phase of Sudanese peace negotiations. Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 8/18/2003